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Tropical Cyclone ?[edit]

The intro to the article states that the Great Storm of 1703 transversed the atlantic. The correction of portuguese penal code 1703 was wrote by Dona Maria with a penal dicionary in 1715. Was it a freak late season hurricane or an extratropical storm?. Storm05 17:30, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nowhere in the sources does it say that it was a hurricane. Only that there were hurricane force winds. Hurricanehink (talk) 18:54, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agree this isn't a hurricane. If someone wants to work on this article heres a source (PDF).--Nilfanion (talk) 19:35, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There's not really any way to know if it was initially a hurricane, considering this was the early 1700s. bob rulz 12:13, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, they can. There are enough witness accounts in various locations that they can estimate wind speeds and wind patterns. Those combined will paint a picture of what the storm was doing and thus, will tell us whether or not it was a cyclonic storm. Is it 100% guaranteed? No, but neither is carbon dating. MagnoliaSouth ^(talk) 17:56, 27 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Old style" date?[edit]

it started on 24 November, and did not die down until 2 December 1703 (Old Style).

Whats this mean? --98.232.180.37 (talk) 07:30, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Julian calendar (before the 1752 adoption of the Gregorian Calendar). AnonMoos (talk) 12:49, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tommy Atkins[edit]

The story about the sinking of the Mary is interesting, because if true it is a reference to an actual person called Tommy Atkins, and so has some bearing on the origin of this term, although it would be odd if he was originally a sailor. Precisely because of the importance of this, we need a citation. PatGallacher (talk) 16:51, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Kingdom of great britain[edit]

There is an error in the article: It did not take place in the Kingdom of great britain, as the kingdom of great britain was not formed untill 1707. It happened in the kingdom of England. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.105.169.193 (talk) 15:39, 4 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, but it still is Great Britain today and readers may (or may not) know borders of that day. The best way to put it then would be "what is now known as" MagnoliaSouth ^(talk) 18:00, 27 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Lead paragraph[edit]

The lead paragraph needs some editing (the first sentence didn't even say where the Great Storm occurred). If someone can improve on what I did please do so. Foreignshore (talk) 05:04, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

=Naval Losses[edit]

The suggestion that the navy lost one third of its sailors is ludicrous and not supported by other evidence. Defoe claimed that the navy lost one fifth of its ships which might be possible but clearly there were many survivors, much less than one third of sailors were killed. I would suggest that the discrepancy is highlighted with the additional words "though Defoe's figures indicate much lower losses"